Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-22
THE RECORD BEATEN.

OF.
THE RECORD BEATEN.
Thirteen Inches Above the Flood
Mark Of 1884,.
Reports from the Missouri River
at Bismarck and Mandan.
Yesterday afternoon the Missouri
river at Bismarck and Mandan was
thirteen inches above the highest mark
OF 1881 and still rising, the Buford rise
was pouring in and the gorge below Bis
marck, at Sibley Island, still held firm.
There were no new evidences OF dis
trnction, the food becoming q Lideous
m~onotony. Houses on the low lands
which had been held to the ground by
their anchorage of goods and the frost
are nov. ahoat and several have been
carried. from their foundations, The
Others renpin on the bottom, their roofs
humping above the surface like the
backs of whales. It is believed that all
the %lowlanders were saved Saturday
although the telegram from Fort Lin
coin indicated that numerous settlers
opposite the fort we're in the tree-tops
and on hay stacks.
Assistant General Manager Odell, OF
the Northern Pacific, is at Bismarck
waiting for the water to rscede 30 thet
he can set his men at work repairing the
~trestle. 1t was expected that passengers
would be transferred to-day by steam
boat, but this will be done with great
difficulty. The report that 50 bridges
on the Northern Pacific road are Quits
false. The only part OF the Northern
Pacific now out of repair is the high
tr estle leading from the iron bridge over
the Missouri to the Mandan bottoms.
Yesterday Bismarck rang with the
praises Of ~thesbrave party who returned
Saturday afternoon with five settlers
whom they had rescued from certain
death. Their trip was made in q light
yawl.and row boat, and was full Of
perils: between the blizzard and the
food, the swiftly flowing current and the
whiYliag cakes OF ice, there was
plenty Of work for strong hands
and courageous hearts. The rescuer
were Thos. Costello, Q. Puthoff, A,
Cheatham, Thos. White, A. Haines. Or,
Franklin and Uhas. Lewis. Costello
and Pnthof FIRST returned with Michael
Keller and Thos. Whitney, whom they
found IN the s7aof Of a shack where they
had been "a hbprs. The othei parts
found III. Mccarthy and wife and q. A.
Beal on q little square patch OF ground
opposites TT. Lincoln. Their return trip
was astertiblo experience, and the safe
arrival Of the party was nothing short OF
o miracle.
AT PIERRE.
The river began rising at Pierre yester.
day forenoon at ten o'clock. At moo il
was three feet above low water with large
quantities of ice floating. At 6 O'clock
the water was nearly aver with the tor
of the bank and the ice completely filled
the channel. Communication between
Pierre and Fort Pierre Is impossible. Al
dark the residents of Fort Pierre were
seen from the opposite bank moving te
the high land, and since then it is i'm.
possible to tell what has occurred there
AT last accounts she water was Kissing
rapidly at Pierre, and people were pre-.
pairing to move. to the bluffs. 8
ATEsT RON PIERRE.
Pierre, March 22-Thea river is bans
iull on this side and over The bottom on
the Fort Pierre side. No ice is running,
Yesterday between ten and two o'clock
the water rose ten feet, fell several fee:
and rose again to its former mark.
INCIDENTS OF THE OVERFLOW.
Bismarck SPECIAL. 18Th; The most
sensational report Of the food ID that
which came from St. Paul to the effect
that word had been received at that
point via, Ogden and Cheyenne that
Supt. Graham had been drowned on the
Mandan. side. Although Mandan is in
plain sight, there are no means of COM
mnnicatlon other than via the clrcuitonB
route of Ogden, Cheyenne and st. Paul.
all that is known here iB that the super
intendent, with b pay car, attempted
to race with the food yesterday o
ing, but the water pat out the fire il
the engine. 1t has been impossible to
get a view OF Mandan this afternoon,
but the stage OF water indicates q still
worse condition OF affairs than yester-
day. Only the tops OF trees and the
Northern Pacific ssaps opposite and
across the track from Main street, in
Mandan, can be seen but the main part
OF the town is IN higher ground,
and there is no foundation for the
report that the basement OF the 8
court house is submerged. There is no
Joe running In the river which Indicates
. gorge Is still holding above. The
Buford rise Of thirty feet cannot get here
before tomorrow. The wires are down
above, SO it is impossible to tell how
much this enormous rise has fallen since
the first report OF Thursday. The over
land mail routes are also blocked. by
high streams and bridges washed away.
Apple creek, which ID naturally only
twenty feet wide, is nearly q mile in
width, and other streams have swollen
in proportion, caused mostly by back
water from the Big Muddy. The boats
| on the ways are still in good condition.